"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"
[Naoki's still not looking over-- even if he can't sense unease, fear, or distrust, there're other ways one can think. So when he sees her hand moving out of his periphery he stops mid-step and then he's blinking owlishly at her as she ruffles his hair.
He's not used to this. Isamu and Chiaki had readily leapt to calling him a demon, a demi-fiend while dismissing who and what he'd always thought he'd been. Who had acknowledged him as a human? Futomimi. Anyone else... He felt as though, by the end, Isamu and Chiaki had forgotten Naoki had ever been their friend.
You're really weird, he thinks fondly, and reaches up to smooth his palm over the hair she ruffled.]
I'll run out of abilities to surprise you with eventually, [is what he says at last, though what he wants to say is thank you.]
[ Yang snorts at that, hand falling back to her side as she commences walking again. Good, it looks like he's not letting this weigh too heavily on him. ]
Then you'll have to find other ways to surprise me. Should be fun, right?
[There's only one reason for that: and that's Yang's easy acceptance. How could he let it weigh on him heavily when she treats him like... well, like himself? Like a person? Like a friend, like how he wishes Isamu and Chiaki would've treated him.
He watches her get a few steps ahead before following.]
Challenging is what it sounds like. I'm guessing you don't make it easy.
[He smiles and raises an eyebrow at her when she looks back at him. A quick step or two brings him up to walk next to her, his hands in his pockets.] Just tough. I don't back down just 'cause something's challenging.
[Well where we don't have a Shoujou Protag, we have Naoki, who actually does blush because sincere things get him every time. And he turns his head to the side again so she doesn't see.]
I think that's just your fighting spirit or something talking.
[That's a good question... Naoki's taking his sweet time thinking, too. He doesn't really go by places often and think "oh hey that'd be a good place to get some alone time". Barring the apartments--] There's the gardens in the residential district.
[He laughs. What he's not mentioning is how he doesn't think he could do that because he'd get embarrassed. No. He needs to give Yang no more reasons to give him new nicknames or opportunities to see him blush.]
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He's not used to this. Isamu and Chiaki had readily leapt to calling him a demon, a demi-fiend while dismissing who and what he'd always thought he'd been. Who had acknowledged him as a human? Futomimi. Anyone else... He felt as though, by the end, Isamu and Chiaki had forgotten Naoki had ever been their friend.
You're really weird, he thinks fondly, and reaches up to smooth his palm over the hair she ruffled.]
I'll run out of abilities to surprise you with eventually, [is what he says at last, though what he wants to say is thank you.]
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Then you'll have to find other ways to surprise me. Should be fun, right?
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He watches her get a few steps ahead before following.]
Challenging is what it sounds like. I'm guessing you don't make it easy.
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[He smiles and raises an eyebrow at her when she looks back at him. A quick step or two brings him up to walk next to her, his hands in his pockets.] Just tough. I don't back down just 'cause something's challenging.
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[ Things Yang Xiao Long Says that every Shoujou Protag would at least blush over. ]
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I think that's just your fighting spirit or something talking.
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Also, you're blushing.
[ YES, SHE WILL POINT IT OUT. ]
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[IMMEDIATE DENIAL... And in a desperate bid to change the subject:] Where are we going, anyway, Yang?
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[ Yang, behave. ]
I didn't really have a place in mind, you just said we should walk.
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[HOW MANY IS THIS NOW. He sighs and shakes his head.]
Let's figure out something to do, or we're just going to make loops of the whole colony.
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That's no good-- what's a good spot for some alone time?
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[That's a good question... Naoki's taking his sweet time thinking, too. He doesn't really go by places often and think "oh hey that'd be a good place to get some alone time". Barring the apartments--] There's the gardens in the residential district.
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[ Mostly because she's running around somewhere else. But she'll adjust her course accordingly. ]
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[He shrugs lightly, turning with her to follow along.]
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[ fighting, not flowers. ]
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[He probably clashes a bit with flowers...] At least, I don't remember any time I just looked at flowers for a long time.
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I did go to their cafe to have something to eat, but... what, did you go and get a kiss?
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[ one was a squirrel, and the other was too embarrassed, so she had to kiss him on the cheek like a boss. ]
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[He laughs. What he's not mentioning is how he doesn't think he could do that because he'd get embarrassed. No. He needs to give Yang no more reasons to give him new nicknames or opportunities to see him blush.]
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Yep! I don't think they'll be offering free kisses in the gardens, though.
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[A crowd of kiss fiends swarming the gardens... though he's sure that wouldn't exactly be the case. Maybe.]
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[ What a reassurance. ]
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[Oh, good, he sounds convincing. Excellent. He's the champion.]
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